only about nine months remaining until the contract start date, it would be tight, but
the
production manager had assured Nik that they could do this, if needed. Though Mr.
Grams didn’t doubt the production manager’s assurances that the production line
could
be ready, he wasn’t sure that going to this added expense was a good investment
for CJI,
given their lack of pump manufacturing experience. There were also at least two
other
bilge pump manufacturers that Mr. Grams knew of, but both of them were about 500
miles further away from the CJI warehouses, and he had never used either of these
firms
in the past.
This whole thing seemed to Nik like an ideal job for his special project buyer,
Bob Ashby. He figured he had maybe a week or two to hammer out a plan to assure
contract compliance with Great Lakes, and Bob was known for his ability to put
things
together quickly. So, he called Bob